QUICK CHANGEOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A CALENDER APPARATUS

A method and apparatus for rapid exchanging of calender rollers 350,352 for a calendering apparatus 302 is disclosed. The apparatus 302 has two or more generally cylindrical calender rollers 350,352 which are clamped and supported at each end by a rotatable clamping and supporting means 314,316. A p...

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Hauptverfasser: BENZING, JAMES ALFRED, II, HEAD, WILLIAM JAMES, DOWNING, DANIEL RAY
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Sprache:eng ; fre
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Zusammenfassung:A method and apparatus for rapid exchanging of calender rollers 350,352 for a calendering apparatus 302 is disclosed. The apparatus 302 has two or more generally cylindrical calender rollers 350,352 which are clamped and supported at each end by a rotatable clamping and supporting means 314,316. A pair of the clamping and supporting means 314,316 are axially aligned and movable relative to the other axially aligned support. The method of exchanging rollers 350,352 includes the step of unclamping a roller 350 or 352 by increasing the spacing between the first and second rotatable supports 314,316, removing the roller 350,352, and clamping a different calender roller 350,352 between the first and second supports 314,316 by decreasing the spacing between them and engaging the respective ends of the different roller 350,352 with the first and second supports 314,316. This apparatus and method greatly facilitates rapid calender roller changeover and is particularly useful in the tire building art.